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Potassic-jeanlouisite from Leucite Hills, Wyoming, USA, ideally K(NaCa)(Mg (sub 4) Ti)Si (sub 8) O (sub 22) O (sub 2) ; the first species of oxo amphibole in the sodium-calcium subgroup

Roberta Oberti, Massimo Boiocchi, Frank C. Hawthorne, Giancarlo Della Ventura and Gunnar Faerber
Potassic-jeanlouisite from Leucite Hills, Wyoming, USA, ideally K(NaCa)(Mg (sub 4) Ti)Si (sub 8) O (sub 22) O (sub 2) ; the first species of oxo amphibole in the sodium-calcium subgroup
Mineralogical Magazine (August 2019) 83 (4): 587-593

Abstract

Potassic-jeanlouisite, ideally K(NaCa)(Mg (sub 4) Ti)Si (sub 8) O (sub 22) O (sub 2) , is the first characterised species of oxo amphibole related to the sodium-calcium group, and derives from potassic richterite via the coupled exchange (super C) M (sub g-1) (super W) OH (super -) (sub -2) (super C) Ti (sub 1) (super 4+) (super W) O (sub 2) (super 2-) . The mineral and the mineral name were approved by the International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification, IMA2018-050. Potassic-jeanlouisite was found in a specimen of leucite which is found in the lava layers, collected in the active gravel quarry on Zirkle Mesa, Leucite Hills, Wyoming, USA. It occurs as pale yellow to colourless acicular crystals in small vugs. The empirical formula derived from electron microprobe analysis and single-crystal structure refinement is: (super A) (K (sub 0.84) Na (sub 0.16) ) (sub Sigma 1.00) (super B) (Ca (sub 0.93) Na (sub 1.02) Mg (sub 0.04) Mn (super 2+) (sub 0.01) ) (sub Sigma 2.00) (super C) (Mg (sub 3.85) Fe (super 2+) (sub 0.16) Ni (sub 0.01) Fe (super 3+) (sub 0.33) V (super 3+) (sub 0.01) Ti (sub 0.65) ) (sub Sigma 5.01) (super T) (Si (sub 7.76) Al (sub 0.09) Ti (sub 0.15) ) (sub Sigma 8.00) O (sub 22) (super W) [O (sub 1.53) F (sub 0.47) ]Sigma (sub 2.00) . The holotype crystal is biaxial (-), with alpha =1.674(2), beta =1.688(2), gamma =1.698(2), 2V (sub eas.) =79(1) degrees and 2V (sub calc.) =79.8 degrees . The unit-cell parameters are a=9.9372(10), b=18.010(2), c=5.2808(5) Aa, beta =104.955(2) degrees , V=913.1(2) Aa (super 3) , Z=2 and space group C2/m. The strongest eight reflections in the powder X-ray pattern [d values (in Aa)(I)(hkl)] are: 2.703(100)(151); 3.380(87)(131); 2.541(80)(202); 3.151(70) (310); 3.284(68)(240); 8.472(59)(110); 2.587(52)(061); 2.945(50) (221,151).


ISSN: 0026-461X
EISSN: 1471-8022
Serial Title: Mineralogical Magazine
Serial Volume: 83
Serial Issue: 4
Title: Potassic-jeanlouisite from Leucite Hills, Wyoming, USA, ideally K(NaCa)(Mg (sub 4) Ti)Si (sub 8) O (sub 22) O (sub 2) ; the first species of oxo amphibole in the sodium-calcium subgroup
Affiliation: CNR, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Pavia, Italy
Pages: 587-593
Published: 201908
Text Language: English
Publisher: Mineralogical Society, London, United Kingdom
References: 23
Accession Number: 2020-006673
Categories: Mineralogy of silicates
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 7 tables
N41°00'00" - N42°19'60", W110°10'00" - W107°30'00"
Secondary Affiliation: Universita di Pavia, ITA, ItalyUniversity of Manitoba, CAN, CanadaUniversita di Roma Tre, ITA, ItalyIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF), ITA, Italy
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2020, American Geosciences Institute. Abstract, Copyright, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Reference includes data from GeoScienceWorld, Alexandria, VA, United States
Update Code: 202006
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